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Uruguay’s tournament has come to a close, but the Americas still have one hopeful in the Semi Finals of the Hong Kong Core Qualifiers. Chile have defeated Tonga to book their place opposite Tonga with a spot in the final on the line.
It wasn’t smooth sailing for the Cóndores on the second day of the competition. Their final pool match resulted in a 19-7 defeat to Germany. Francisco Metuaze scored a first-half try but Chile could not close the gap in the second half.
The Quarter Final against Tonga started well as Julio Blanc and Rodrigo Fernández scored first half tries. A second from Blanc proved to be the winner as Tonga scored twice in the second half, including one at full-time that proved too little, too late.
Los Teros started the day well with a dominant 38-12 win over Jamaica in their final pool match. Tomás Etcheverry and Joaquín Alonso each scored twice with Omar Dixon and Mikel Facey picking up the tries for the Crocs.
It was a fight in the Quarter final as they went to halftime in a scoreless tie with Germany. Alonso’s 12th minute try, converted by Felipe Etcheverry, gave the team a two-point lead but they could not hold on as Tim Lichtenberg scored in stoppage time to give the Germans the victory.
Chile will play against Hong Kong in the second Semi Final, the first will be contested by Germany and Ireland. Hong Kong defeated Tonga and the Philippines on their second day while Ireland routed Russia in back-to-back matches to emerge as tournament favorites.
RESULTS
POOL E
Tonga 29 – 12 Zimbabwe
Hong Kong 33 – 17 Philippines
Tonga 36 – 17 Philippines
Hong Kong 14 – 7 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe 12 – 24 Philippines
Hong Kong 19 – 12 Tonga
POOL F
Russia 26 – Uruguay
Ireland 26 – 0 Jamaica
Russia 26 – 10 Jamaica
Ireland 26 – 26 Uruguay
Uruguay 38 – 12 Jamaica
Ireland 33 – 7 Russia
POOL G
Germany 19 – 12 Uganda
Chile 31 – 5 Cook Islands
Germany 10 – 7 Cook Islands
Chile 33 – 7 Uganda
Uganda 29 – 24 Cook Islands
Chile 7 – 19 Germany
QUARTER FINALS
Germany 12 – 7 Uruguay
Ireland 47 – 0 Russia
Chile 15 – 12 Tonga
Hong Kong 17 – 7 Philippines
DAY THREE FIXTURES
Sun, Apr 7 – 00:32 ET – SEMI FINALS – Germany vs Ireland
Sun, Apr 7 – 00:54 ET – SEMI FINALS – Chile vs Hong Kong
Sun, Apr 7 – 04:30 ET – FINAL
